Stockless anchor



anch

- bottom and to remove all Obstruction from the centre 0 Patented Nov. 24, 1925.

' UNITED mm ALBERT r. nuts, or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, assrenon or ONE-HALF 'ro AMERI- 1,562,746 PATENTS; QFFICE.

CAN LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

s'rocxLEss To all whom it may concerns Be it known that I, ALBERT F. EELLs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Stockless Anchors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in stockless anchors, and it has for its object among others to provide an anchor of this general ty e which shall be capable of penetrating t e sea bottom to a greater depth thereby developing greater resistance. I also provide means whereby the anchor is prevented from ca sizing, and also make rovision for the rea y and clear passageo the sea bottom' over the top of the anchor as it is drawn into the sand, mud, or sea bottom, of Whatever nature the latter may be.

Other objects and advanta es of the present invention will hereina ter appear, and the novel features thereof will has ecifically pointed out in the a pended claims.

The invention is clearlylllu'strated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the numerals of reference marked thereon, form a art of this specification, and in which igure 1 is a plan viewfof my improved Figure 2 is a perspective view thereof.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in the different views. I a h I accomplish he; above-outlined objects, ,4

as well as others, by the construction shown without departin in the drawings, in which 1 desi nates the head of the anchor and 2 the sha pivotally mounted therein in any suitable manner.

The side members'or webs 3 projecting from the centre of the head are flat as shown and each carries a fluke 4, each fluketbeing thick on the inner side asseen at 5 and thin on the outer side as seen best in Figure 2. The inner face of-eachfluke is outwardly ta ered as seen at 7 and also tapered as to thickness as will be readily understood from re 2. 11 order to insure that 'the anchor shall penetrate to a maximum depth in the sea the sea bottom and to rovide a clear passage for the same over t e top of the anchor I remove all rojecting obstructions between f the head andthe flukes, and

ANCHOR.

Application filed December 4, 1923, Serial No. 678,459. Renewed September 28, iaea wardly so that there shall be nov impediment to the passage of the sea bottom-between the flukes as the anchor" is drawn into the sand, mud, or sea bottom.- As seen in Figure 2 the face of the side portions 3 is tapered at 8 and the rear ends of the flukes at the outer ends of the said 'side portions 3 are provided with the portions 9 which extend at rightangles to the side portions 3 and have their inner faces rounded or tapered as seen'at 10, there being projections 11 extending lengthwise of the flukes, the forward ends being brought to a cutting edge as seen at 12. The metal at the inner faces of the portions 9 is removed as seen at 13 so as to leave no obstruction to the passage of the sea bottom. The projections 11 serve to steady the head of the anchor in the hawse pipe and secure it firmly in place, on the sh1ps bow.

The extension of the projections 11 lengthwise instead of crosswise not only' provides the greater passage for theflow of the sea bottom but also serve to tilt the .flukes downward they take a better hold in the sea bottom. Furthermore, these portions 9 and the cutting edges serve, to rlght the anchor should there be a tendency to pull more on the one fluke than on the other which would tend to penetrate the said fluke deeper into the sea bottom, and this would tend to raise the other fluke, and thuscause the anchor tocapsifie.

Modifications in detail may be resorted to from the s irit of the invention or sacrificing any 0 its advanta es. I

Vhat 1s clanned as new is provided with longitudinally extended proections at the outer edges thereof, and webs between the flukes. y r

, 2. A stockless anchor having its flukes provided with longitudinally extended pro ections at the outer edges thereof, and webs hetween the flukes, the inner sides of the fiukes being'thicker than the outer sides.

1. A stockless anchor having. its flukestaper the inner faces of the said flukes outloo 3. Arstockless anchor having its fiukes tapered toward their forward ends and also tapered from their. inner edges outwardliy and their outer faces formed with upwar ly-extende'd portions disposed lengthwise of the flukes'.

4. A stockless anchor having flukes provided with perpendicularly-disposed projections elongated in the direction of their length, the upper and lower faces of said.

projections being formed with sharpened forward edges.

5. A stockless anchor having fluke's provided with perpend-icnlarly-disposed projections elongated in the direction olf their length, the upper and lower faces of said projections being formed with sharpened forward edges and the inner faces being inclined to avoid obstruction of the sea bottom between the flukes.

6. A stockless anchor having its flukes tapered toward their forward ends and also tapered from their inneredges outwardly, a shank socket, a shank pivoted in the socket, and webs forming the only connec tion between the flukes and the socket, the greatest thickness 0:5 'the webs being substantially the same as the greatest thickness of the flukes.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signa ture.

ALBERT F. EELLS. 

